The MEDIA does not try a case
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One of the three grounds to have the case struck off, as per R.D’s counsel, Mr Gavin Glover:
”“This trial will be an abuse of process of the court in as much as the white systemic adverse of which coverage of media in Mauritius was misleading, scandalous and occurred in circumstances which created a real risk of prejudice to the accused and impossible for accused party to have a fair trial in the matter”,
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No matter how much the media may report scandalously or misleadingly about a case, it should not be a ground to strike it off.
A case must be decided on what is presented in court, and not what the media present.
In some jurisdictions when a case is pending, and according to their laws, the media do not comment on it in case would-be jurors may be influenced .
In this case, there’s no jury or any reporting restriction pre-trial.